When CNN President Jeff Zucker announced his resignation on Feb. 2, the reaction across the media industry could be encapsulated with the acronym question “WTF?” Even more unexpected was the reason for Zucker’s abrupt farewell: the acknowledgment that he was in an undisclosed romantic relationship with a fellow executive, which violated company policy.
However, since Zucker’s announcement, media reports have percolated that Zucker’s actions were the result of machinations by Chris Cuomo, the CNN primetime anchor fired by Zucker in December following the revelations of in-depth details on how he assisted his brother, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, when the latter was facing a growing controversy over sexual harassment accusations.
